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Posted on 8th February 2021 // Scotland // 0 Comments On Friday the 15 th of January, a gazebo went up on a patch of vacant land at Collina Street in Maryhill, Glasgow, and a group of local residents settled, as much as one can settle anywhere on a cold and wet day, into an occupation. Their goal: To remain in place on the land until either the city council comes to the negotiating table to speak with them, or they are forcibly evicted. What is it that has led a group of people to take up position on a windswept hill not just in the middle of a damp and frosty winter, but in the middle of a global pandemic? Such conviction suggests that a keen political struggle is in progress. So to get an idea of why Collina Street is being occupied, I got talking to Norman Cunningham, a resident of Maryhill’s Wyndford neighbourhood who helped organise the action. ....
LOCAL people are set to begin staging an occupation of derelict land used as the main location in the BBC’s Still Game today, in a bid to stop Glasgow City Council selling it for a private housing development. Living Rent and Wyndford Tenants Union say the occupation in The Valley on Collina Street in Glasgow’s Maryhill will start at noon, matching the council’s original deadline for developer bids, although this has now been extended. To comply with social distancing, one person at a time will occupy a tent on the site and a string of volunteers intend to maintain a presence round-the-clock until the council stops the sale and speaks with locals, who are considering a community buyout. ....